The Introduction of a New Screening Tool for the Identification of Cognitively Impaired Medically At-Risk Drivers: The SIMARD A Modification of the DemTect

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-127

  Dobbs, Bonnie M ^a   Schopflocher, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; dementia; driving; primary care; screening tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385298     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131910369156     Document Type: Article

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